“There is no getting around the fact that the moment you are at your very best is the moment you begin to become worse and worse. Others will come along who can run faster, jump higher, hit harder, and you will be forgotten. Your winning moment is dated to die.”

“The problem with the best moment in your life is that every other moment is worse”

“The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.”

“From the moment you are born and you take your first breath, you begin to die.”

“But it was even worse when you knew at that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn’t even budge.”

“ . . some moment happens in your life that you say yes right up to the roots of your hair, that makes it worth having been born just to have happen. laughing with somebody till the tears run down your cheeks. waking up to the first snow. being in bed with somebody you love... whether you thank god for such a moment or thank your lucky stars, it is a moment that is trying to open up your whole life. If you turn your back on such a moment and hurry along to business as usual, it may lose you the ball game. if you throw your arms around such a moment and hug it like crazy, it may save your soul.”